first name
TAWNY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,737 people named Tawny, 71.2% reported their origin as White, 10.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% as two or more races. 99.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tawny peaked in 1989, when 217 babies got the name.
At least 4,228 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Tawny by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,693. The largest share of babies named Tawny, 54.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Tawny is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tawny has been most common in California (6.1×), Washington (3.5×), and Utah (3.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.46×).
2,038 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 other first names also have 3,737 people.
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7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tawny, most common first.
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